{"product_id":"postwar-soldiers-jrg-echternkamp-9781789205572","title":"Postwar Soldiers: Historical Controversies and West German Democratization, 1945-1955","description":"\u003cp\u003e Contemporary historians have transformed our understanding of the German military in World War II, debunking the \"clean Wehrmacht\" myth that held most soldiers innocent of wartime atrocities. Considerably less attention has been paid to those soldiers at the end of hostilities. In \u003cem\u003ePostwar Soldiers\u003c\/em\u003e, Jg Echternkamp analyzes three themes in the early history of West Germany: interpretations of the war during its conclusion and the occupation period; military veteran communities' self-perceptions; and the public rehabilitation of the image of the German soldier. As Echternkamp shows, public controversies around these topics helped to drive the social processes that legitimized the democratic postwar order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jg Echternkamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789205573\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789205572\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berghahn Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 570\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.25d","brand":"Jg Echternkamp","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44201981870335,"sku":"9781789205572","price":179.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_94245a48-c90c-48e4-9ece-ef5733381e50.jpg?v=1691492546","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/postwar-soldiers-jrg-echternkamp-9781789205572","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}